Refrigerator.



No. 879,579. 7 PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

. G. PABST, JE- & H. G. SAVAGE.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION'PILED MAR. 27, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFErcE.

CHARLES PABST, JR, AND HENRY G. SAVAGE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

REFRIGERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed March 2'7. 1907. Serial No. 364.839-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLEs PABST, Jr., and HENRY C. SAVAGE, citizensof the United States, and residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Refrigerators, of which the followingis a specification.

.One object of our invention is to provide a connection between the icebox of a refrigerator and a receptacle carried by the door of the foodcompartment of said refrigerator, which shall be capable of moving tosuch a position as to retain the ice water discharged into it during thetime that the said door is open, but which will, when the door isclosed, be moved to such a position as to deliver water from the ice boxto the receptacle upon the door.

A further object of the invention is to provide the door of the-foodcompartment of a refrigerator with a removable receptacle having adevice for automatically moving a conducting pipe or trough which is atall times in communication with the ice box of a refrigerator, intoposition to deliver water from the ice box into said receptacle and tomaintain it in such position when the door is closed; the trough or pipebeing of such construction and so supported that it will automaticallymove into a position to retain water delivered from the ice box when thedoor of thefood compartment is open.

Another object of the invention is to provide a refrigerator with aremovable receptacle for ice water so placed as to aid in maintaining alow temperature in the food compartment, in connection with a devicewhereby it is connected to receive water from the ice box only when thedoor of the food compartment is closed and is cut ofl from receivingwater when the door is open.

These objects and other advantageous ends we secure as hereinafter setforth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure1, is a vertical section of a refrigerator, showing this with the doorof its food compartment open and illustrating the application of ourinvention thereto; Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the refrigeratorillustrated in Fig. 1, showing the door of the food compartment closedand the oscillatory pipe or trough in such position as to deliver waterfrom the ice box to the receptacle on the door, and Fig. 3, is aperspective view of the oscillatory trough or pipe forming part of ourinvention.

In the above drawings, A represents a refrigerator of any desiredconstruction having the usual door B for its food compartment (J and anice box D, having a vertical outlet pipe at through which the Waterformed by the melting ice is delivered. At the top of the foodcompartment B is a depending frame 0, having bearings c for thereception of the trunnions or pivots f of an oscillatory pipe ortrough'F mounted so as to extend from the' back of the food compartmenttoward the front thereof. The trunnions are so placed on this troughthat it'is normally overbalanced, and therefore, tends to assume theposition illustrated in Fig. 1. Its inner end is directly under theoutlet pipe d of the ice box, and it has, when in the position shown inFig.. 1, sufficient capacity to hold all the water delivered from theice box for a period of about fifteen minutes, under normal temperatureconditions. The front of the trough or pipe F is provided with adownwardly curved spout f, and it is to be understood that the frame 0,and therefore the trough F, are preferably mounted at that portion ofthe top of the food compartment adjacent to the hingecarrying edge ofthe door B. The inside of this door is provided, adjacent to its loweredge, with two supporting brackets b and at its upper portion with twoholding brackets or clips I).

A fiat box or receptacle G is held in place on the inside of the door bymeans of the brackets 6-1) and has projecting upwardly from that corneradjacent to the upper hinge of the door a curved lip or cam plate 9designed to engage the curved spout f of the oscillatory trough F whenthe door is moved to its closed position; it being noted from Fig. 2that there is an openingin the top of the receptacle G, in front of thiscam plate, into which the said spout may fit.

When the door of the food compartment is open the oscillatory troughnaturally assumes the position shown in Fig. 1, and if the customaryamount of ice is placed in the ice box D, will serve to retain all thewater delivered from the melting ice for a predetermined time, dependingupon its capacity. The receptacle may be easily removed from the insideof the door, as its upper edge is provided with lugs g fitting under theholding brackets 6 1t being necessary to first raise it so that itslower edge clears the brackets b, and then, after moving said lower edgeoutward, sliding the receptacle downwardly until the lugs 9 clear theholding brackets I). When the receptacle has been replaced upon the doorand the latter moved to its closed position, it will be seen that thecam plate engages the curved portion of the spout f and turns the troughon its pivots or trunnions so that the bottom of said trough is inclineddownwardly towards the front from the rear thereof, thus causing allaccumulated water to be at once delivered into the receptacle, since thespout f enters the opening in the top thereof, as shown in Fig. 2.Therefore, all water delivered from the ice box quickly flows from thetrough F into said receptacle, though as soon as the door B is openedthe receptacle automatically swings on its trunnions into the positionillustrated in Fig. 1.

By the arrangement shown, we have provided a device which will giveample time in which the receptacle G may be emptied without permittingdischarge of water from the ice box into the body of the foodcompartment and which is of such a nature as to be out of the way whilepermitting of the removal of the receptacle G from the door without thenecessity for disconnecting any of its parts.

The device as a whole is of an inexpensive construction and ismechanically so simple that it is not likely to require either attentionor repair. Moreover, the placing of the receptacle on the inside of thedoor is a material aid in maintaining the temperature of the foodcompartment at a low point.

i/Ve claim: 7

1. A refrigerator having an ice box and a 1 door, a receptacle carriedby the door, and a conductor placed to connect said receptacle with theice box only when the door is in its closed position and being capableof retaining water from the ice box when the door is open, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination of a refrigerator having a removable receptacle forwater and an we box, with a conductor for delivering wa ter from the icebox to the receptacle, said conductor being movably mounted so as to cutoff connection between the receptacle and the ice box when thedoor ofthe refrig erator is open, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a refrigerator having a door, an ice box providedwith an outlet for water, a water receptacle on the door, and anoscillatory conductor for connecting the ice box and the receptacle whensaid door is in a predetermined position, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a refrigerator having an ice box provided with awater outlet opening into the food compartment, a door for said foodcompartment provided with a removable receptacle, an oscillatoryconductor supported within the food compartment and placed to receivewater from the outlet of the ice box, with means for placing saidconductor in connection with the receptacle on the door when said dooris closed, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a refrigerator having an ice box and a foodcompartment, a door for said food compartment provided with a removablereceptacle for water, a cam piece on the door, a removable receptaclewithin the food compartment communicating with the ice box' and arrangedto receive and hold water when the door is opened, said receptaclehaving a part placed to co-act with the cam piece on the door when thelatter is moved to its closed position, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a refrigerator having an ice box and a foodcompartment, an overba'lanced conductor formed to hold a predeterminedvolume of water when in its overbalanced position and communicating withthe ice box, a receptacle for water on the door of the food compartment,and means for moving said conductor when the door is brought to itsclosed position to cause it to discharge its contents into saidreceptacle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES PABST, JR. HENRY O. SAVAGE.

